Kika/Leiner: Economics Minister Kocher invitations you to a spherical table

Social companions, AMS and Insolvency Remuneration Fund (IEF) will speak the way to continue.

In reference to the in poor health furniture chain Kika/Leiner and the imminent dismissal of up to two,000 personnel, Economics Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP) is inviting people to a spherical desk next Friday.

Representatives of the social companions, the AMS and the Insolvency Remuneration Fund (IEF) will talk how to continue. Those affected need to be supplied a perspective as fast as possible, it stated.

The intention is to mediate as quick as possible. The presently high range of vacancies could be beneficial. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, around 117,000 vacancies have been stated to the AMS on the end of May, almost a 5th of them (round 17 percent) in retail. The major actor for the fast placement is the AMS, which is already in near contact with the corporation. The IEF, which also takes element in the round desk, is supposed to comfy employees’ open claims for remuneration.

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Explicitly one desires to begin with the position for the duration of the contemporary length of be aware with a purpose to make certain that affected employees can ideally begin a new process right now after the end of the period of be aware.

“We will do the entirety in close cooperation with the AMS, the IEF and the social companions in order that employees can speedy discover a new process inside the cutting-edge labor marketplace scenario with many vacancies,” says Kocher: “That is our maximum important mission now.” The company does no longer need to be relieved of its duty both.

The restructuring method for the struggling fixtures chain was opened ultimate Tuesday on the regional courtroom in St. Pölten. 23 of the 40 places across Austria are to be closed, that could suggest that up to two,000 personnel could lose their jobs.